                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW; FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BUSINESSES AUTHORIZED TO
TRANSACT BUSINESS IN THE COMMONWEALTH (§ 2.2-4311.2)

A. All public bodies shall include in every written contract a provision that a
contractor organized as a stock or nonstock corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, or limited partnership or registered as a registered
limited liability partnership shall be authorized to transact business in the
Commonwealth as a domestic or foreign business entity if so required by Title
13.1 or Title 50 or as otherwise required by law.

B. Pursuant to competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation, all public
bodies shall include in the solicitation a provision that requires a bidder or
offeror organized or authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth
pursuant to Title 13.1 or Title 50 to include in its bid or proposal the
identification number issued to it by the State Corporation Commission. Any
bidder or offeror that is not required to be authorized to transact business in
the Commonwealth as a foreign business entity under Title 13.1 or Title 50 or as
otherwise required by law shall include in its bid or proposal a statement
describing why the bidder or offeror is not required to be so authorized.

C. Any bidder or offeror described in subsection B that fails to provide the
required information shall not receive an award unless a waiver of this
requirement and the administrative policies and procedures established to
implement this section is granted by the Director of the Department of General
Services or his designee or by the chief executive of a local governing body.

D. Any business entity described in subsection A that enters into a contract
with a public body pursuant to this chapter shall not allow its existence to
lapse or its certificate of authority or registration to transact business in
the Commonwealth, if so required under Title 13.1 or Title 50, to be revoked or
cancelled at any time during the term of the contract.

E. A public body may void any contract with a business entity if the business
entity fails to remain in compliance with the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 2010, c. 634.